Petrographic sample: AZK 82226/2

Vessel Registration Number:

AZK 82226/2

Tel Azekah

1500 BCE - 1200 BCE

Cooking pot

Israel/Shephelah

Late Bronze Age

Cooking/Food production

Description

The fabric is reddish brown under PPL, slightly optically active silty clayey matrix (~45%) with a few opaque minerals. The silt is composed of mainly well sorted sub-rounded quartz (30%). The non-plastic components are composed of mainly poorly sorted and angular calcareous limestone and a few quartz.  

Thin Section Photos  6

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Cooking pot
Tel Azekah
1500 BCE - 1200 BCE
Late Bronze Age

Cooking pot
Tel Azekah
1500 BCE - 1200 BCE
Late Bronze Age

Cooking pot
Tel Azekah
1500 BCE - 1200 BCE
Late Bronze Age

Cooking pot
Tel Azekah
1500 BCE - 1200 BCE
Late Bronze Age

Break Photos  2


Cooking pot
Tel Azekah
1500 BCE - 1200 BCE
Late Bronze Age

Cooking pot
Tel Azekah
1500 BCE - 1200 BCE
Late Bronze Age

Vessel Images  2


Cooking pot
Tel Azekah
1500 BCE - 1200 BCE
Late Bronze Age

Cooking pot
Tel Azekah
1500 BCE - 1200 BCE
Late Bronze Age

Petrographic Sample

Tel Azekah/ Nahal HaElah/ Shephelah /

Quartz and Calcareous Fragments

Associated Kiln/Workshop

Associated Ware/Ware Family